Efficient navigation category management
One embodiment of the present application provides a system for efficiently managing navigation categories in a multi-site web environment. During operation, the system determines whether a category of a product is a synchronized category. A synchronized category is shared by a main site and a local site of the multi-site web environment. If the category is a synchronized category, the system copies the category from the main site to the local site.
1. A computer-implemented method for efficiently managing navigation categories in a multi-site web environment, comprising:
determining, by a computing system, that a category of a product is a synchronized category, wherein a synchronized category is shared by a main site and a local site of the multi-site web environment; and
copying the category from the main site to the local site in response to determining that the category is a synchronized category.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing a mapping between the category at the main site and the category at the local site, wherein a respective category is assigned a category identifier, and wherein the mapping is based on a first category identifier of the category at the main site and a second category identifier of the category at the local site.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first category identifier is in a range of identifiers allocated for the main site, and wherein the second category identifier is in a range of identifiers allocated for the local site.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying an operation on the category at the main site; and
in response to a category being a synchronized category, applying the operation to the category at the local site.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the operation includes one of: addition, deletion, and update.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining that the category is a synchronized category and receiving an instruction to convert to a differentiated category, converting the category at the local site to a differentiated category by:
terminating a mapping between the category at the main site and the category at the local site; and
setting the category to be a differentiated category.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining that a second category of a second product is a differentiated category and receiving an instruction to convert to a synchronized category, converting the second category at the local site to a synchronized category by:
deleting the second category at the local site;
copying the second category from the main site to the local site; and
establishing a mapping between the second category at the main site and the copied category at the local site.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the main site and the local site are distributed in different geographic areas.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for efficiently managing navigation categories in a multi-site web environment, the method comprising:
determining, by a computing system, that a category of a product is a synchronized category, wherein a synchronized category is shared by a main site and a local site of the multi-site web environment; and
copying the category from the main site to the local site in response to determining that the category is a synchronized category.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises establishing a mapping between the category at the main site and the category at the local site, wherein a respective category is assigned a category identifier, and wherein the mapping is based on a first category identifier of the category at the main site and a second category identifier of the category at the local site.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the first category identifier is in a range of identifiers allocated for the main site, and wherein the second category identifier is in a range of identifiers allocated for the local site.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
identifying an operation on the category at the main site; and
in response to a category being a synchronized category, applying the operation to the category at the local site.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the operation includes one of: addition, deletion, and update.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises, in response to determining that the category is a synchronized category and receiving an instruction to convert to a differentiated category, converting the category at the local site to a differentiated category by:
terminating a mapping between the category at the main site and the category at the local site; and
setting the category to be a differentiated category.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises, in response to determining that a second category of a second product is a differentiated category and receiving an instruction to convert to a synchronized category, converting the second category at the local site to a synchronized category by:
deleting the second category at the local site;
copying the second category from the main site to the local site; and
establishing a mapping between the second category at the main site and the copied category at the local site.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the main site and the local site are distributed in different geographic areas.
17. A computing system for efficiently managing navigation categories in a multi-site web environment, the computing system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
determining that a category of a product is a synchronized category, wherein a synchronized category is shared by a main site and a local site of the multi-site web environment; and
copying the category from the main site to the local site in response to determining that the category is a synchronized category.
18. The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises establishing a mapping between the category at the main site and the category at the local site, wherein a respective category is assigned a category identifier, and wherein the mapping is based on a first category identifier of the category at the main site and a second category identifier of the category at the local site.
19. The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
identifying an operation on the category at the main site, wherein the operation includes one of:
addition, deletion, and update; and
in response to a category being a synchronized category, applying the operation to the category at the local site.
20. The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
in response to determining that the category is a synchronized category and receiving an instruction to convert to a differentiated category, converting the category at the local site to a differentiated category; and
in response to determining that a second category of a second product is a differentiated category and receiving an instruction to convert to a synchronized category, converting the category at the local site to a synchronized category.